Desolate High Point Murder Ties to Mary Hopkins Case
A 1951 murder of Mary Hopkins in a deserted High Point house remains unsolved after a tangled trail through Curtis Hopkins, Mitch Surrett, and other suspects. Police pursued leads for years, linking to later cases and noting the case remains open though largely inactive.
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Mary Hopkins
Durham
Johnson
Trogden
J. D. Wade
W. C. Johnson
Mary
Bill Brandon
W. W. Harvey
Greensboro
Guilford County
Sgt. Brandon
Curtis Hopkins
Crown
High Point
Curtis
Mitchell T. Surrett
Surrett
Hopkins
Everett C. Orr
Hendersonville
Orr
Flat Rock
Gener
Ally
H. L. Jordan
English St
Sandy Ridge
Jordan
Joseph Warren Johnson
Hussey
Isabel Hussey
Asheboro Country Club
Isabel
Thomas Trogden
Desert Ghosts of the Lady Be Good Endure in Sahara Ordeal
Nine airmen of the B24D Lady Be Good died in the Libyan Desert after an arduous march of up to 67 miles under extreme heat and thirst. Lt. Robert Toner kept a diary of April 5 to 12, 1943 as rescue efforts failed and five bodies were found in 1960 with four still missing.
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Lady Be Good
Robert F. Toner
North Attleboro
Mass
James Backhaus
Burge
Wyo
British Petroleum Co
Toner
Benina
Libya
Benghazi
Hatton
376Th
Mediterranean Sea
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Dick Bickerton
Brandon
Weather Bureau
Friendship
Yow
Willowbrook Street
Evelyn Roach
Salvation Army
Capt. Johnson
State Bureau of Investigation
C. C. Stoker
Bem Price
Associated Press
Harold S. Ripslinger
Saginaw
Mich
Vernon L. Moore
New Boston
Ohio
Guy E. Shelley
New Cumberland
Sands
Tower
William J. Hatton
D. P. Hays
Lee's Summit
Samuel R. Adams
Robert E. Lamotte
Lake Linden
John S. Woravka
Bombardier
Cleveland
Soluch
Naples
Italy
Stromboli
Sorrento
Crotone